February 27, 2013
American Institute of Architects opens design and health project
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is working with the Clinton Global Initiative and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Advanced Urbanism (CAU) to examine the relationships between design, urbanism, and public health. The collaboration is part of the AIA’s Decade of Design Commitment to Action, which aims to make positive changes through design in the global urban environment. Alexander d’Hooghe, director of the MIT CAU explained: “We are investigating the scale of urban design, architecture, as well as planning, in relation to health today, whether related to obesity, or to climate change.” More →
February 28, 2013
Workplace Anachronisms: No. 1 – the BCO Specification Guide
by Mark Eltringham • Comment, Facilities management, Property, Workplace design
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